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An Israeli man talks on the phone from the balcony of a building damaged by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on November 17, 2012. Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least nine Palestinians and destroyed the Hamas government headquarters as Israel called up thousands more reservists for a possible ground war. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH (Photo credit should read DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)